Bible: Esther 9:23-26

9:23So the Jewscommitted themselves to continue what they hadbegunto doand to whatMordecaihadwrittentothem.9:24ForHamanthe sonof Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemyof allthe Jews, had devisedplans againstthe Jewsto destroythem. He had castpur(thatis, the lot) in order to afflictand destroythem.9:25But when the matter cameto the king’s attention, the king1gavewritten ordersthat Haman’s2evilintentionsthat he haddevisedagainsttheJewsshould fall onhis own head. He and his sonswere hangedonthe gallows.9:26Forthis reasonthesedaysare knownasPurim, afterthe nameofpur.